Caribbean Hotelier of the Year: Janelle Hopkin, President & Managing Director of Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada

If you’ve been to the Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada, you’ve experienced the height of Caribbean luxury, with the kind of impeccable, impossibly thoughtful service that doesn’t seem like it exists anymore, delivered with quintessential Grenadian hospitality and personality. The five-diamond experience at “Spice” is no accident, though, nor the result of a spreadsheet. It’s the product of the Hopkin family’s decades-long commitment to delivering unforgettable experiences, now in the hands of owner Janelle Hopkin, who has not just stewarded the hotel’s legacy, but taken the hotel deep into the 21st century, with a holistic, innovative, modern approach to the art of luxury, where the hospitality philosophy is a living, breathing thing, rooted in people.